Almost all organisms evolve from a single cell, a fertilised egg. In the first hours after fertilisation, the fate of its future development is determined. It is dictated by the separation of cells that will become sperm ...
Biotechnology
Aug 3, 2009
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Insulin is an essential hormone for humans and many other living creatures. Its best-known task is to regulate sugar metabolism. How it does this job is well understood. Much less is known about how the activity of insulin-producing ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 4, 2023
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The researchers from the TalTech molecular neurobiology laboratory headed by professor Tõnis Timmusk used the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster to develop a novel disease model for Pitt-Hopkins syndrome (PTHS). Their study ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 29, 2020
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A presentation at Genetics Society of America's Drosophila Research Conference builds the case that de novo genes derived from ancestral non-coding DNA can spread through a species.
Biotechnology
Mar 26, 2014
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A zygote is the first cell of a new individual that comes about as the result of the fusion of an ovule with a spermatozoid. The DNA of the zygote holds all the information required to generate an adult organism. However, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 30, 2013
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To many people, the sugars we eat may seem like a luxury that can do more harm than good. But now, researchers from Japan have discovered that in insects, dietary sugars play a key role in reproduction.
Plants & Animals
Feb 28, 2023
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They're pesky and annoying when they get into your fruit, but Drosophila melanogaster, more affectionately known as the "fruit fly," are helping researchers at Florida Atlantic University to discover novel genes that are ...
Biotechnology
Jun 16, 2015
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The RAS oncogene is activated in 30 percent of human cancers, and results in the proliferation and transformation of tumor cells. No effective inhibitor has been found for this protein to date.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 3, 2019
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Primordial germ cells (PGCs) are the first germ-cell population established during development. The survival of species is dependent upon PGCs in sexually reproducing organisms because they are the founder cells for the germline.
Cell & Microbiology
May 10, 2022
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Research, recently published in the journal Scientific Reports, makes it possible to follow the development of living organisms up to three millimetres long with three-dimensional images. These organisms, such as the zebrafish ...
Biotechnology
Feb 2, 2015
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